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Sat Mar 24, 2012, 09:09 PM

we can do it (4,657 posts)

21. Sounds a lot like my mom taking the bus to work every day.

Everyone loved her. She treated all with respect and compassion and received the same.

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47 replies	Author	Time	Post
My 20 something, tiny, blue eyed, blonde daughter taught in the South Bronx [View all]	HockeyMom	Mar 2012	OP
The difference? you aren't self quarantined in a vehicle	underpants	Mar 2012	#1
Yes, it's the fault of automobiles!	thesquanderer	Mar 2012	#4
You have made a very good point. It is indeed the fault of automobiles.	GoneOffShore	Mar 2012	#14
Add in public libraries and community centers ...	surrealAmerican	Mar 2012	#15
Two more "Great, good places". n/t	GoneOffShore	Mar 2012	#22
You haven't been to my public library.	Manifestor_of_Light	Mar 2012	#26
She would hate our library......	mrmpa	Mar 2012	#29
K/R and 1/7 of living Americans are K-12 students.	NYC_SKP	Mar 2012	#2
The minorities (and you)...	AlbertCat	Mar 2012	#3
Bingo. One of the issues that is causing most of the problems we are facing is the "poor" white	jwirr	Mar 2012	#17
Correct answer. nt	MrScorpio	Mar 2012	#25
I resent the implication of many of these posts	xtraxritical	Mar 2012	#27
I'm not sure that's relevant.	noamnety	Mar 2012	#33
Wow I love this response.	TNLib	Mar 2012	#38
This post was hidden by jury decision.	wontuplscome2chicago	Mar 2012	#5
This message was self-deleted by its author	HockeyMom	Mar 2012	#6
Thank you	HockeyMom	Mar 2012	#7
Tim Wise's essay...	handmade34	Mar 2012	#8
Tim Wise is the MAN. I never cease to be amazed by him	Number23	Mar 2012	#10
Tim Wise is one of the most appropriately-named people I've ever read.	TahitiNut	Mar 2012	#40
...	handmade34	Mar 2012	#42
#nerdland	TahitiNut	Mar 2012	#43
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.	HockeyMom	Mar 2012	#9
I believe it is about	handmade34	Mar 2012	#13
because most of us live gutless, cowardly lives. lets get down to it.	pasto76	Mar 2012	#11
Well, we both know cowards can be dangerous...	TahitiNut	Mar 2012	#41
Beautiful story, hopefully repeated, though not always true.	Zax2me	Mar 2012	#12
Ahhh, the South Bronx	Iwillnevergiveup	Mar 2012	#16
i'm a former new yorker.	DesertFlower	Mar 2012	#18
Unfortunately, the answer to your question is because you don't live down here in the South...	dsharp88	Mar 2012	#19
There are two wolfs in each of us, a good one and a bad one. They are both out to consume our	Vincardog	Mar 2012	#20
Sounds a lot like my mom taking the bus to work every day.	we can do it	Mar 2012	#21
I lived on the border of Canarsie, East New York, and Brownsville,	RoccoR5955	Mar 2012	#23
"It has to work BOTH WAYS."	unkachuck	Mar 2012	#24
No "race" has "the problem"...	MellowDem	Mar 2012	#28
sorry, but killing black people was pretty much legal for a long time in this country	noiretextatique	Mar 2012	#39
I wasn't drawing an equivalence...	MellowDem	Mar 2012	#44
ok...sorry for prejudging you	noiretextatique	Mar 2012	#45
It can be a choice...	MellowDem	Mar 2012	#46
you are right...it doesn't help when irrational fears are fed by a constant barrage of propaganda	noiretextatique	Mar 2012	#47
I guess it must just be Florida.	FLSurfer	Mar 2012	#30
nope..it is not just florida. NYPD has an ugly history	noiretextatique	Mar 2012	#37
You're making generalizations not based on facts.	Honeycombe8	Mar 2012	#31
what happened to Trayvon Martin is a consistent, ugly patttern	noiretextatique	Mar 2012	#36
Your making general assumptions	40lbsHammer	Mar 2012	#32
not really	noiretextatique	Mar 2012	#35
i live in oakland, ca	noiretextatique	Mar 2012	#34

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